My new SV

[wizard122]

52.7 mph

Well the weather was great today and got a chance to run my boat. It was awesome never ran that fast before My friend Dale loaned me a Grim 42 X 55 prop
way cool 52.7 MPH I was running a Grim 40X52/3 It ran 48.2

[Brushless55]

that's fast man!

[wizard122]

Thanks very pleased I think next upgrade should be ESC.

[ggcrna]

Hey Wizard,
Did you stop using your rudder mounted water pickup in favor of that trim tab mounted one?
If so , is your water flow good. My exit hole just dribbles in hard right turns w/the rudder mounted PU.

Thanks,
GG

[MLJones8]

So here is how I charge two packs at one time please be carefull you can short things out fast if you hook it up wrong follow the photo and you can't go wrong.

Wizard called me yesterday and pointed me in the right direction. Here's what I just order and this is what wizard is showing in the pic above. I ordered 2 of them since I have 2 chargers. http://www.helidirect.com/multibalan...pb6-p-7595.hdx

Cool, but pending the charger, this doesn't actually charge the batteries any faster does it?

The way I see it...
- If I connect two 2S1P 5000 mAh 7.4v batteries in series I end up with: 4S1P 5000 mah 14.8 V connection. If my charger only goes up to 5A (which it does) then charing two batteries at once isn't any faster (less time spent switching them), becuase I'm already charging the batteries at the highest rate by themselves correct?

In case it matters I'm using a AC6 knockoff (SkyCharger)

[wizard122]

Cool, but pending the charger, this doesn't actually charge the batteries any faster does it?

The way I see it...
- If I connect two 2S1P 5000 mAh 7.4v batteries in series I end up with: 4S1P 5000 mah 14.8 V connection. If my charger only goes up to 5A (which it does) then charing two batteries at once isn't any faster (less time spent switching them), becuase I'm already charging the batteries at the highest rate by themselves correct?

In case it matters I'm using a AC6 knockoff (SkyCharger)

Using a charger with more Watts will charge a Little faster because it has more capacity.

[cpgise]

As long as you use both of your balance tabs hooked up to your charger..
my charger only goes upto 5A so I only charge one at a time.

How does your 5amp limit prevent you from charging two batts in series?

[cpgise]

Cool, but pending the charger, this doesn't actually charge the batteries any faster does it?

The way I see it...
- If I connect two 2S1P 5000 mAh 7.4v batteries in series I end up with: 4S1P 5000 mah 14.8 V connection. If my charger only goes up to 5A (which it does) then charing two batteries at once isn't any faster (less time spent switching them), becuase I'm already charging the batteries at the highest rate by themselves correct?

In case it matters I'm using a AC6 knockoff (SkyCharger)

Im going to be charging my batts in series like the pic above.
I thought if you charge two 2S1P 5000mah batts in series at 5amps in theory it would take 1hr.
Also I thought if you charge two 2S1P 5000mah batts at 5amps individually it would take two hrs. What are the charge times you guys have been seeing?

[Brushless55]

How does your 5amp limit prevent you from charging two batts in series?

Most chargers like mine has a max of 5amp output
if it was 10amps or more it would charge two packs much faster

[wizard122]

It does depend on the charger my BC6 takes about an hour to charge one 5000 pack and my turnigy accucell 8150 about 40 mins when I charge two at once its a little less than double don't forget you need a balance adapter to do this.

http://www.helidirect.com/bantam-multibalancing-board-for-alignmega-power-bc6bc610pb6-p-6279.hdx

or something just like it ok

[Brushless55]

I would love to have a charger that can deliver 20amps

[wizard122]

Me too they are out there but $400 to $600 dollars my dad flies EP Jets and he has one its also 1000 watts

[wizard122]

Some new photos

Hi all I added some Caps to my ESC and just want to posts my updates.
With SV motor it runs 40's all the time now with X642 prop great temps too
The Ammo motor is fun but it's upside down more than not so I went back to the stock motor it's fast enough.

[Brushless55]

you can always run 5s to get ammo speed

[Chevycruizer]

Wizard,

Is there a thread on the larger caps mod that you did? If not can you post the value or part numbers of what you used?

Thanks,

John